On the last day of term Penketh proudly came together to show their support to raise money for Turkey – Syria Earthquake appeal with an own clothes day. Everyone who contributed donated £1 each and we raised an amazing £847.00! It was incredibly important to our pupils and staff to show support to such a…
What a magical evening we all had! Christmas truly started on the night of Wednesday 14th December when our incredible pupils performed at our first Christmas Carol Concert since the Covid outbreak. Miss Jones and Mrs Booth had put weeks of planning into this event, alongside all of our pupils working hard attending rehearsals in…
We are honored to be launching our Academy Sport+ Scheme! Meet our top ten athletes that are representing Penketh High School in this amazing new opportunity! We have years 8 – 11 proudly representing our school, follow our socials to track their journeys across the year! A programme created to reward elite students and create…
TCAT Mentor Day On the 2nd Dec 2022 Penketh High School welcomed a group of pupils from Priestley College to our first TCAT Mentor day. This was a huge success and pupils from both Penketh High and Priestley College commented on how impactful the day was for them. At Penketh High School pupils focus on…
The last couple of years have been incredibly hard for children and young people. Living through Covid has caused feelings of anxiety, fear and hopelessness in too many children; and the cost of living crisis is now pushing even more families into hardship. Here at Penketh we want to do everything in our power to…
Last week Careers provided our STEM group and cluster group pupils with an exclusive opportunity to visit the new all electric bus depo being built in Warrington. Mr Musgrove, Miss Silver and Miss Clements-Paterson all attended the visit and were all very excited to enable our pupils to access such a rare project. This is…
Last week we had a brilliant visit from Warrington Borough Council to educate our pupils about road safety especially when cycling. Here at Penketh High School we have a high percentage of pupils that cycle to school, so it is important that everyone knows the importance of road safety, even more so with the dark…
The Pupil Leadership Team is a vital part of school life at Penketh High School. It is an important and useful way for our school to provide leadership and development opportunities for our pupils and it is a great way for students to take on leadership roles, promote the voice of the student body, problem…
Our amazing year 9 pupils undertook a visit to sunny Grasmere in the Lake District, on a beautiful autumnal day in October. Their behaviour was exemplary, and they soon got into the hang of greeting walkers in a polite and genuine manner on their 5.5-mile hike. Several Walkers commented on their exceptional manners and warm…
We currently have 125 EAL pupils, these range from pupils newly arrived to the country with limited English to those pupils who are fluent in two, even three languages. This equates to approximately 13% of our school. Our largest cohort within our EAL pupils speak Cantonese as their first language but we also have twenty…